Small-town hero dies. One nosy reporter won't let him rest in peace. ✂️
When a much-admired community leader dies, a journalist starts to investigate his life - and finds he was not the man he seemed.
Acting
Dennis O'Keefe's relentless smirk as a reporter who can't stop digging.
Direction
Anton Leader squeezing noir dread into sunny suburban streets.
Writing
Dialogue that sounds polite while quietly eviscerating everyone.
Director
Anton Leader
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of only three theatrical features directed by Anton Leader, who spent most of his career in television including multiple Twilight Zone episodes.
Released during the waning days of Hollywood's 'red scare' era, the film's paranoid small-town atmosphere unconsciously mirrors the very witch-hunts it never directly acknowledges.
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